Due to the sad departure of Michael Jackson and because my wife is a Motown fan who was heavily influenced by the music and had a rapport with Michael Jackson and his music when he first came on the scene with the Jackson 5 and has never missed a concert tour in the UK, I thought I would honour his life and brew a Michael Jackson Commemorative Ale for both him and the wife.
I would like this to be a serious discussion and so have posted in the "recipe" section as opposed to the "Tap room".
My initial idea is that it should be a dark ale or Stout and trying to think of something that would remind us of Michael and his music. "Black and White" was the obvious one but I was thinking about using one of his older songs like ABC where I could use a trio of hop such as Amarillo, Boadicea and Crystal. Any suggestions on some more good hop trio's beginning with ABC? or other suggestions on song links etc that may influence the ingredients list
This will be brewed and I am interested in what the fellow brewers may come up with.
Cheers
Not a lot so need a replacement. and I want to try the dark crystal malt and malted oats I have in stock looking for a brew to join. The decision on the hops was based on the song, but I have never used the Crystal & Amarillo before together although I know the Amarillo is quite a hard hitting hop flavour and aroma. I have seen Cascade and Amarillo suggested together on the forum in the Four shades of Stout recipe and the Boadicea is a Challenger replacement acording to Barley Bottom and as I'm using it just for the bitterness, it should be OK in a fruity Porter/Stout especially as I'm using Sal-04 yeast. Kept the bitterness down on this one to 26 EBU. If the Flavour hops come across too strong this is going to be an interesting brew. I only hope that the Citrus notes stay a little more in the background just enhancing the fruity tendency of the Ale and I hope to get some slight spice from the hops too.
